The Reserve Forces (Call-out and Recall) (Financial Assistance) Regulations 1997

PART III BASIS FOR AWARDS TO EMPLOYERS

Employer’s standard awards

5.—(1) An employer shall, subject to fulfilment to the adjudication officer’s satisfaction of the requirement to furnish information or documents under regulation 11(2) below, be entitled to an employer’s standard award.

(2) For the purposes of this Part and Part IV, “an employer’s standard award” means—

(a) a lump sum payment equivalent to any costs, other than recurring costs, but not exceeding—

(i) 6 per cent of the reservist’s average weekly earnings from that employer on the relevant date multiplied by 52; or

(ii) £2,400,

whichever is less; and

(b) sums equivalent to any recurring costs, not exceeding—

(i) 4 per cent of the reservist’s average weekly earnings from that employer; or

(ii) £31,

whichever is less, multiplied by the number of weeks in the period of relevant service; and

(c) an administration expenses allowance of £55 for each employee of his who is accepted into service.

(3) In this regulation and in regulation 6 below, “costs” means expenditure reasonably incurred by the employer in replacing the services of a reservist during the period of that reservist’s relevant service, less any expenditure which would have been incurred by the employer but for the reservist’s absence performing relevant service.

Employer’s hardship awards

6.—(1) An employer shall, if an adjudication officer is satisfied that—

(a) the employer is eligible for an employer’s standard award and has incurred costs exceeding one and a half times the amount to which an award under regulation 5(2)(a) or (b) is limited; and

(b) the incurring of such costs has caused or will cause that employer financial hardship which an employer’s standard award will be insufficient to relieve,

be entitled to an employer’s hardship award.

(2) For the purposes of this Part and Part IV “an employer’s hardship award” means an amount sufficient to relieve the hardship referred to in paragraph 1(b) above.

Retraining awards

7.—(1) An employer shall, subject to—

(a) fulfilment to the adjudication officer’s satisfaction of the requirement to furnish information or documents under regulation 11(3) below; and

(b) notification to the adjudication officer no later than 4 weeks after the date on which the reservist resumes employment with him of the employer’s intention to claim a retraining award; and

(c) the claim being made within the time limit specified in regulation 8(3) below,

be entitled to a retraining award.

(2) The making of a claim within the time limit specified in paragraph (1)(b) above shall be deemed to be notification under that sub-paragraph.

(3) For the purposes of these Regulations a “retraining award” means a lump sum payment not exceeding £2,000 of expenditure incurred or to be incurred by an employer in retraining a reservist to regain nationally recognised standards of competence or qualifications required to carry out duties with that employer and which the reservist had immediately before starting a period of relevant service.